Short answer:
- Choose Session Buddy if what you need most is to save, recover and export sessions.
- Choose Takt if you want your open tabs organised automatically, with duplicates stopped and idle tabs unloaded. Takt Premium also saves sessions.
Side by side
| Feature | Takt | Session Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Groups tabs automatically by rule | Yes, into Chrome tab groups. Contains, exact and domain on Free; glob, regex and page title on Premium | No |
| Groups by category or AI | Yes. Category mode, or AI that runs on your computer (Chrome's built-in model). Up to 5 groups on Free | No |
| Duplicate open tabs | Prevented automatically, on Free | You can find and close duplicates by hand; no automatic prevention |
| Unloads idle tabs to save memory | Auto-suspend on Free; hibernation of 5 tabs on Free, 200 on Premium | No idle-tab suspension |
| Per-tab memory | Resource Dashboard (Premium) | No |
| Keyboard tab search | Search in the popup on Free; Quick Switch (Alt+Shift+Space) on Premium | Yes, across open tabs, saved collections and tab history |
| Saved sessions | Premium: up to 50, saved automatically when a window closes | Yes, its core feature, with automatic snapshots at shutdown or after a crash |
| Sync between computers | Rules and settings sync with Chrome Sync; File Sync and Google Drive Sync on Premium | No sync yet; manual backups and export in 15+ formats |
| Account needed | No | No |
| Analytics, data on the vendor's servers | No analytics. Tabs never leave your browser; only the plan check goes to ExtensionPay | Anonymous usage statistics, on by default (you can turn them off); no URLs |
| Team features | No | No |
| Price | Free; Premium $3/month or $30/year | Free, with donations |
| Languages | 6: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese | English |
Where Session Buddy does better
- Recovers your windows after a crash or restart, with a history of past sessions.
- Handles thousands of saved tabs and exports them in more than 15 formats.
- Every feature is free.
Try it on your own tabs. The free plan has no time limit.
Add Takt to Chrome, freeFAQ
Does Takt save sessions like Session Buddy?
Takt Premium saves up to 50 sessions and saves a window automatically when it closes. Session Buddy goes further on history and export formats, and it's free.
Sources
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